Quick Facts On Porsche From The 2015 24 Hours Of Le Mans

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You may know facts from Porsche’s win from the 24 Hours of Le Mans such as the winning No. 19 car completed a total of 395 laps, or 3,344 miles, but Porsche has now come forward with a list full of interesting facts that we otherwise wouldn’t have known about their victory.

One of our favorite statistics from their fact list is the bit about how their three 919 hybrids burned through 116 tires in total. Porsche’s tire and rim combo weighs 19.9 kilograms (43.8 lbs), so they changed through about 5088 lbs of tires and rims. Additionally, Porsche only spent 95 minutes and 36 seconds in the pits, while the time for the second best crew with three cars was over 130 minutes. Now that’s how you win an endurance race.

Check out the rest of the facts from Porsche’s win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans below.

The average speed of the winning 919 Hybrid was 224.2 km/h.

The highest top speed of a 919 Hybrid in the race was 340,2 km/h and done by Mark Webber on Saturday at 16:40 hrs.

The 919 Hybrid recuperated and used 2,22 kWh (8 megajoule) per lap. If it was a power plant, a family home could be supplied with electricity for three months.

The head count for the Porsche Team’s operational crew was 120 people.

The Porsche Team made 90 pit stops, 30 per car.

At 26 of these stops tyres and drivers were also changed.

The longest distance covered with one set of tyres was 54 laps for all three cars. In car number 17 Mark Webber did this ultra long run, in car number 18 it was Neel Jani and in the number 19 prototype it was Nico Hülkenberg.

The fastest pit stop, including a tyre and driver change, by the Porsche Team was 1:13.9 minutes.

The longest time behind the wheel of all nine Porsche LMP1 drivers was for Neel Jani with ten hours and ten minutes. In the winning car it was Nico Hülkenberg who drove most (eight hours, 52 minutes).

Mark Webber lost the most weight of all nine drivers. When the race began he weighed 81.2 kilograms (including race gear and helmet), after his final stint the scales stopped at 78.2 kilograms.

The drivers had 0.85 litres of drink on board for each stint. The drink bottle was changed at every refuelling stop.

Almost no parts had to be changed during the race. After going off the track, the number 18 car had a new nose twice. On car number 19 at eight in the morning the team did a precautionary engine cover and rear wing change when it didn’t cost any time during a safety car period.

During the 24 hours each 919 Hybrid had a refill of one litre of oil.

For the best possible visibility each of the three prototypes had four tear-offs on the windscreens, which were removed one after the other.

The highest ambient temperature during the race was 25 degrees Celsius at 16 hrs on Saturday. The coolest part of the race was at night between 3 and 7 hrs with 16 degrees Celsius.

The highest cockpit temperature was 27 degree Celsius.

The night was eight hours long with sunset at 21:59 hrs and sunrise at 5:59 hrs.

13.5 gigabytes of data per car have been transmitted to the pits during the 24 hours.

The safety cars came out four times. Including the so-called slow zones – speed limits at certain parts of the track – the race was neutralized for a total of 195 minutes.

After three rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship, with double points in Le Mans, Porsche now leads the championship with 140 points, followed by Audi (124) and Toyota (71).